Ariana Grande-Butera was born in Boca Raton, Florida in 1993, the daughter of a company CEO mother and a graphic designer father. She has one older brother, Frankie, who British audiences may recognise from Celebrity Big Brother.

Demonstrating an aptitude for acting and singing as a child, Grande took part in children’s theatre, winning roles in Florida productions of Annie and Beauty and the Beast. After winning a role in the Broadway play 13, Grande and her family moved to New York, before setting their sights on Los Angeles.